The rationale for preservation of the anal sphincter in patients with low rectal cancer

The mesorectum in rectal cancer surgery—the clue to pelvic recurrence?

1982 • 2,753 citations

Reappraisal of the 5 centimetre rule of distal excision for carcinoma of the rectum: A study of distal intramural spread and of patients' survival

1983 • 541 citations

Local recurrence following ‘curative’ surgery for large bowel cancer: I. The overall picture

1984 • 492 citations

The Relationship Between the Extent of Distal Clearance and Survival and Local Recurrence Rates After Curative Anterior Resection for Carcinoma of the Rectum

1983 • 425 citations

Local recurrences after sphincter-saving excisions for carcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid

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Lymphatic spread in cancer of the rectum

1935 • 391 citations

Enhanced Survival of Patients with Colon and Rectal Cancer is Based Upon Wide Anatomic Resection

1979 • 317 citations

Resection and sutured colo-anal anastomosis for rectal carcinoma

1982 • 278 citations

Experimental study of the reflex mechanism controlling the muscles of the pelvic floor

1962 • 277 citations

SENSIBILITY OF THE RECTUM AND COLON

1951 • 271 citations

The quality of life after rectal excision for low rectal cancer

1983 • 258 citations

Function of the anal sphincters following colo-anal anastomosis

1977 • 245 citations

Pelvic Recurrence after Excision of Rectum for Carcinoma

1963 • 220 citations

Prognostic factors in carcinoma of the colon and rectum

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1953 • 214 citations

Techniques for Very Low Anastomosis

1972 • 197 citations

Randomized prospective evaluation of the EEA stapler for colorectal anastomoses

1981 • 191 citations

Observer variation in the histological grading of rectal carcinoma.

1983 • 187 citations

The Curative Treatment of Carcinoma of the Sigmoid, Rectosigmoid, and Rectum

1976 • 187 citations

Anal canal pressures in the diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease

1967 • 176 citations

The results of surgical treatment for carcinoma of the rectum at St Mark's Hospital from 1948 to 1972

1976 • 176 citations

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1954 • 150 citations

The Surgical Pathology of Rectal Cancer

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Survival and recurrence after sphincter saving resection and abdominoperineal resection for carcinoma of the middle third of the rectum

1984 • 142 citations

The low stapled anastomosis

1981 • 141 citations

A CONSIDERATION OF PATHOLOGICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL IN RADICAL RESECTION OF THE LARGE BOWEL AND RECTUM FOR CARCINOMA

1947 • 139 citations

Defecation and continence

1970 • 137 citations

Local recurrence after low anterior resection using the staple gun

1982 • 133 citations

The long term effect of sphincter preserving operations for rectal carcinoma on function of the anal sphincter in man

1980 • 133 citations

Anorectal pressure and rectal compliance after low anterior resection

1980 • 130 citations

Use of a Mechanical Suturing Apparatus in Low Colorectal Anastomosis

1975 • 129 citations

Anterior resection versus abdominoperineal resection for cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid

1972 • 127 citations

Towards fewer colostomies—the impact of circular stapling devices on the surgery of rectal cancer in a district hospital

1980 • 121 citations

Experience with the Russian model 249 suture gun for anastomosis of the rectum

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Staples or sutures for colonic anastomoses—a controlled clinical trial

1982 • 99 citations

Retrograde intramural spread of carcinoma of the rectum and rectosigmoid; a microscopic study.

1953 • 96 citations

Anastomosis with EEA stapler after anterior colonic resection

1981 • 92 citations

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1979 • 86 citations

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The intramural extension of carcinoma of the descending colon, sigmoid, and rectosigmoid; a pathologic study.

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Bladder Function After Abdominoperineal Resection of the Rectum for Anorectal Cancer

1980 • 84 citations

Cell viability studies on the exfoliated colonic cancer cell

1978 • 76 citations

The Surgical Pathology of Rectal Cancer

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Surgical removal of lesions occurring in the sigmoid and rectosigmoid

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Abdominosacral Resection for Midrectal Cancer

1983 • 70 citations

The Incidence and Consequences of Damage to the Parasympathetic Nerve Supply to the Bladder after Abdominoperineal Resection of the Rectum for Carcinoma

1978 • 68 citations

Large bowel anastomoses. II. The circular staplers

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Twenty-five years of experience with radical surgical treatment of carcinoma of the extraperitoneal rectum.

1977 • 65 citations

Abdominosacral Resection for Carcinoma of the Midrectum

1978 • 62 citations

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1980 • 60 citations

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A Prospective Study of Bladder Function Before and After Sphincter-saving Resections for Low Carcinoma of the Rectum

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A new approach for excision of carcinoma of the lower portion of the rectum and anal canal.

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1980 • 5 citations

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